Monitoring instances is no easy task. It requires commitment, finances and a dedicated team.
I can understand if the team overseeing Journa decided that after a year, other parties should shoulder the burden. On top of your day job, family etc...you're dealing with the daily demand to clean a platform that threatens to be swarmed by fascists, trolls and racists if abandoned for even a day. I imagine it can be rigorous.
But...journalists should have been notified.
Not notifying us was wrong.
Personally, I'm not willing to compromise. I lived and worked in a country where journalism results in life sentences. As a result, I spent years in exile, investigating war crimes and it came with maneuvering past cyber lynch mobs, daily death threats, and slander both online, offline and on regime propaganda TV.
Forgive me if I'm unwilling to gamble or risk anything. I can do without the uncertainty.